1893 London Casuals (h)
5-0 (0-0)
Friendly 
Pattinson(1-0), Collins(2-0,4-0,5-0), Crate(3-0) 
2,000
Following a scoreless first half, United roused themselves to score three times in just five minutes.

NB: the opposition were a football team, not a loose affiliation of South-Eastern based hooligans teaming up to face the Geordies....

Following this game, the Casuals played Middlesbrough (lost 0-4) and Stockton (3-2).

1899 West Bromwich Albion (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division One
P30, 26pts, 15th/18
Smith(10), Bassett(0-2)
2,304
United's first competitive away meeting with the Throstles saw them beaten at their former Stoney Lane home.

The Athletic News scribe noted that "due to accidents and insubordination, the Albion team had to be rearranged" - i.e. they had some injuries and suspensions.

1903 Everton (h)
3-0 (2-0)
Division One
P28, 24pts, 15th/18 
Alec Gardner(1-0,3-0), McIntyre(2-0pen) 
18,000 
Deputising for Jack Carr, Teddy McIntyre marked his senior debut with the only goal of his Magpies career. 

Rearranged from the previous January due to bad weather, the game was played on a Wednesday night (5pm kick-off).

The light quickly faded and to cries from fans of "play on", the two sides quickly changed ends at half time - the visitors briefly pausing for refreshments.  

1904 Manchester City (a)
3-1 (1-1)
Division One
P31, 38pts, 2nd/18
Orr(9), Howie(86), Appleyard(89)
Turnbull(4)
28,000
Smash and grab for United at Hyde Road; doggedly defending a 1-1 scoreline for most of the game only to score two breakaway goals in the closing minutes.

Two points were enough to put Newcastle second in the table behind Sheffield Wednesday, City dropping down to third.

1905 Blackburn Rovers (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Division One 
P28, 38pts, 3rd/18
Crompton(30pen), Dewhurst(70)
8,500
deprived of five first-choice players due to the England versus Scotland home international, Newcastle made it five games without victory at Ewood Park.

Half back Wilf Innerd stepped up from the reserves for his third and final senior team appearance - some four years after his second.

1907 Blackburn Rovers (h)
3-1 (2-0)
Division One
P35, 50pts, 1st/20
Duffy(25), Speedie (27pen), Appleyard(52)
Martin(62) 
35,000
Having beaten Stoke 1-0 on Good Friday and Bristol City 3-0 on Easter Saturday, Easter Monday saw United notch up their third league victory in four days.

1908 Bolton Wanderers (a)
0-4 (0-2)
Division One
P32, 38pts, 2nd/20 
White(7),Shepherd(14,54,60)
15,000
Bottom-placed Bolton hammered second-top Newcastle at Burnden Park, the visitors having elected to rest six of the side that had beaten Fulham in an FA Cup Semi-Final three days earlier. 

Future Magpie Albert Shepherd hit a hat-trick; the first of that treble coming when a dubious handball was punished by a penalty award.

Goalkeeper Jimmy Lawrence saved Shepherd's spot kick but was unable to block his follow-up.

The hosts included Joe McClarence in their line-up after signing him from Newcastle just days earlier.

1911 Woolwich Arsenal (h)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P32, 35pts, 6th/20 
Chalmers(82)
15,000 
International call-ups saw a weakened Magpies side beaten at home, with John Scott making his first appearance at outside left.

1914 Liverpool (h)
1-2 (0-0)
Division One
P32, 29pts, 15th/20
Hudspeth(81pen) 
Sheldon(62pen), Miller(70)
20,000
A rearranged game saw Ed Dixon debut after scoring and impressing in a home friendly against Glasgow Rangers five days earlier.

1922 Cardiff City (h)
0-0 (0-0)
Division One
P35, 38pts, 7th/22
28,000

1933 Manchester City (a)
2-1 (0-1)
Division One
P34, 44pts, 3rd/22 
Allen(70), J.R.Richardson(71)
Brook(40)
30,000
A third successive win kept United in touch with the league leaders, but a loss of form with just two victories in their remaining eight games meant they ended up in fourth place.

1936 Bradford City (a)
2-3 (1-1)
Division Two
P34, 34pts, 10th/22
Connelly(26,69)
Travis(16), Bruce(68), Bartholomew(88)
3,916
This visit to Valley Parade was rescheduled after frost and fog caused the postponement of the original Christmas Day fixture.

1939 Millwall (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Division Two
P37, 43pts, 3rd/22
Cairns(80) 
Richardson(42)
26,000
United returned with a point from their first competitive visit to Cold Blow Lane, having shared four goals with the Lions on Tyneside earlier in the season.

1939 Around 6,000 fans were at Gallowgate to see United's reserve side share six goals with Sheffield Wednesday in a Central League fixture.

Behind early on, Arthur Frost levelled for the hosts but the Owls hit back to lead 1-3 at the interval.

Scott then reduced the arrears further before Frost headed in to salvage a point.

Team: Swinburne, Holliday, Darnham, Woodburn, Carver, Grundy, Birkett, Scott, Frost, Stubbins, Pearson.

1944 Sheffield United (a)
0-4 (0-1)
Wartime
Pickering(10,82), Collindridge(51,0-3)
30,567
United were heavily beaten at Bramall Lane in the first leg of their League North Cup and although they recovered to win 3-1 at Gallowgate bowed out of the competition 3-5 on aggregate.

1950 Birmingham City (a)
2-0 (0-0)
Division One
P35, 39pts, 8th/22
Walker(53), Taylor(68) 
30,000
"Deep depression over St. Andrew's" wrote the Sports Argus after this Newcastle victory that moved the hosts a step nearer to relegation.

1961 West Ham United (a)
1-1 (1-1)
Division One
P37, 27pts, 21st/22
Scanlon(9)
Musgrove(1) 
17,103
Beaten 0-1 at home by Sheffield Wednesday a day earlier, the Magpies were behind after just 55 seconds at Upton Park.

The two sides had shared ten goals at SJP the previous December.

1967 Leicester City (h)
1-0 (0-0)
Division One
P36, 28pts, 19th/22
Hilley(66)
35,183
A fourth win in five games left Newcastle nineteenth in the table and gradually easing their relegation fears. Future Magpie Jackie Sinclair appeared for the Foxes.

1972 Sheffield United (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P35, 33pts, 12th/22
Ford(86)
28,103
The only Blades goal that David Ford scored in the 1971/72 season proved enough to see off his former club Newcastle.  

1978 Bristol City (a)
1-3 (0-1)
Division One
P34, 19pts, 22nd/22
Barrowclough(86)
og(Nulty)(18), Ritchie(49), Hunter(54)
17,344
United were in the middle of a 21-game run without a victory, with this miserable defeat at Ashton Gate sending them to the bottom of the First Division.

Manager Bill McGarry tried an experimental formation that saw Geoff Nulty wear the number 9 shirt but play as a sweeper. It wasn't a success - Nulty directing Norman Hunter's shot beyond Mick Mahoney. 

1989 Southampton (a)
0-1 (0-0)
Division One
P31, 29pts, 19th/20
Ruddock(89)
16,175 
The Saints were without a win in 17 games but  managed to con the referee into a late penalty award. 

Neil Ruddock beat Gary Kelly from the spot to start celebrations at the Dell for a home side who fielded John Burridge and Alan Shearer, along with all three of the Wallace brothers (Ray, Danny and Rod).

Paul Sweeney made his Magpies debut as substitute and was cautioned for kicking an opponent within seconds of arriving.

1991 Bristol Rovers (h)
0-2 (0-0)
Division Two
P36, 48pts, 14th/24
Sealy(60), White(79) 
17,509
A new beginning as Ossie Ardiles took over as manager and was warmly received by the crowd, but the same old failings were all too evident by full time.

Following his penalty save 72 hours earlier against Swindon Town, John Burridge denied Vaughan Jones from 12 yards on the half hour.

However the goalkeeper could do nothing to prevent ex-Wallsend Boys Club forward Tony Sealy netting, before Devon White wrapped up the points for the Pirates.
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1994 Leeds United (a)
1-1 (1-0)
Premier League
P35, 64pts, 3rd/22
Cole(3)
Fairclough(89) 
40,005 
Playing his 50th game, Andy Cole completed a half century of Newcastle goals in the opening minutes of this Good Friday night live TV game.

John Lukic denied Scott Sellars, but Cole was lurking to plant home the rebound - those two efforts the only ones that the visitors would manage on target. 

A miraculous goal line clearance from Alan Neilson in the 25th minute looked pivotal, until Chris Fairclough headed home when Gordon Strachan's corner was flicked on beyond goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek.
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1995 Chelsea (a)
1-1 (0-1)
Premier League
P35, 64pts, 3rd/22
Hottiger(88)
Peacock(38) 
22,987 
Former Magpie Gavin Peacock had given the Blues a first half lead they held until Marc Hottiger knocked the rebound in after Barry Venison's initial shot was parried by goalkeeper Kevin Hitchcock.

Languishing in 15th place, Glenn Hoddle ordered the Stamford Bridge ground staff not to water an arid pitch, in attempt to negate United's ball-playing style. 

Kevin Keegan said: "I was pleased with the way we stuck in there, but you can't be happy with the way we played because we weren't up to our usual standard."
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2000 Bradford City (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Premiership
P31, 43pts, 11th/20
Speed(7), Shearer(89)
36,572
A bit of a nervy pre-Wembley encounter as we played our last league game before the semi-final with Chelsea.
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2003 England U21s drew 1-1 with Turkey in a European Championship qualifier staged at Gallowgate.

United midfielder Jermaine Jenas was in the starting XI, with future Magpie Kevin Nolan an unused substitute.

Francis Jeffers netted in front of 21,085 fans. 

2004 The reserves returned to winning ways at Whitley Park with a 3-0 win over Boston United in the Pontins League.

In front Sir Bobby Robson, an OG and Bradley Orr's brace should have been added to by strike pair Lewis Guy and Michael Chopra, but they missed a host of chances.
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2006 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 3-1 (3-1)
Premiership
P32, 42pts, 12th/20
Bowyer(2), Ameobi(25), Shearer(30)
Keane(19)
52,301
A run of four defeats came to an abrupt end as an inspired United blew away the Champions League hopefuls in a scintillating opening 45. 

They failed to add to their tally despite Michael Dawson's 61st minute dismissal; home fans taunting old boy Jermaine Jenas about his "goldfish bowl" comments (although JJ later denied ever making them).
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2009 Most Newcastle fans woke up to what they must have thought was an April fool as Alan Shearer was announced as manager for the rest of the season.

The move came just days after club MD Derek Llambias rubbished claims that the club were set to replace Chris Hughton with an interim appointment - but followed on from comments made by Joe Kinnear that suggested he was unlikely to make an imminent touchline return.

Iain Dowie was tipped to join Shearer as his assistant - the former striker having been a team mate of his in their Saints days.

The pair had just eight games to save United, starting with Chelsea's trip to SJP.

2012 Liverpool (h)
2-0 (1-0)
Premier League
P31, 53pts, 6th/20
Cisse(19,59)
52,363
Miserable 'King' Kenny arrived with his Anfield April Fools and in one afternoon did more to entertain the Geordie faithful than during his whole time in charge at SJP.

Everything went wrong for Kenny and his ex-Magpie contingent; Andy Carroll enduring an awful return to Tyneside and Jose Enrique ending up in goal!

Reds 'keeper Pepe Reina was dismissed for nutting James Perch and Enrique replaced him between the posts, while Carroll stormed off down the tunnel after giving Kenny and former Newcastle coach, Steve Clarke, a mouthful of abuse that caused mass hilarity.

Amid the pantomime Reds display came a brace for Papiss Cisse and two assists from match-winner Hatem Ben Arfa.
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2013 A short-lived two part reserve format saw United meet their Stoke City counterparts for the fourth time in the same season - and like the other three, defeat them.

This one ended 2-1 with goals from Michael Richardson and Yven Moyo in a game played behind closed doors at the Potters' Clayton Wood training ground.
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2017 Wigan Athletic (h)
2-1 (1-0)
Championship
P39, 81pts, 1st/24
Gayle(36), Ritchie(57)
Jacobs(50)
51,849
Dwight Gayle and Matt Ritchie gave United their first win in four attempts at a relieved Gallowgate.

And although Brighton also won, to remain just one point behind Rafa's table-toppers, Huddersfield lost to a 96th minute Burton Albion goal, stretching the gap between United and third to ten points.
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2019 Arsenal (a)
0-2 (0-1)
Premier League
Ramsey(30), Lacazette(83)
59,869
Newcastle's seventh straight defeat at the Emirates Stadium was their third without finding the net - hardly a shock when mustering just one shot.

The Gunners recorded a tenth successive Premier League home victory and had two more ruled out, Matt Ritchie's acrobatic goal line clearance also denying them.
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2019 Newcastle U23s made it to the last four of the Premier League Cup thanks to a 3-2 extra time win over Derby County.

Owen Bailey and Matty Longstaff put United two up but the Rams levelled to force extra time, Mo Sangare winning it after Bailey's spot-kick was saved.
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2022 The U23s lost a six-goal encounter at the Riverside, Boro prevailing 4-2.

Charlie Wiggett and Isaac Westendorf netted for United, who fielded trialist winger Tristan Goodridge.
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